Información de actualidad, divulgación científica y discurso del riesgo by José Ignacio Lorente

“…This paper analyses the discursive procedures used by the news for the popularisation of scientific knowledge at risk situations in four recurring scenarios: the health alerts, the environmental degradation and economic crises. The aim is to delve deeper into the knowledge of the discursive functioning of the risk and its possible consequences in the displacement of the deliberation mechanisms and citizen participation. …”
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Análise integrada da vulnerabilidade à diarreia aguda em Curitiba by Elaiz Aparecida Mensch Buffon, Francisco de Assis Mendonça

“…Based on epidemiological analysis (incidence calculation) and mapping (vulnerabilities and risks) it was possible to apply an integrated approach to disease and urban environmental degradation. The main results show: 1) the number of cases expressed strong seasonality (decrease in winter and increase in summer transition to autumn and winter to spring); 2) The distribution of cases shows a strong spatial segregation, ie the most vulnerable areas reveal serious problems as the basic infrastructure (water and sewage) and living conditions (illegal occupation).…”
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Biodiesel, a ochrona środowiska by Marlena Owczuk

“…The development of the automotive industry in the world causes high environmental degradation, the main source of this degradation is engine emissions. …”
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Causes and Management of Insect and Mite Resistance in Strawberry Production by James F. Price, Curtis Nagle

“…Episodes of pest resistance to popular pesticides can cause yield losses, reduction of fruit quality, added control costs, environmental degradation, and emotional stress among farmers. …”
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Causes and Management of Insect and Mite Resistance in Strawberry Production by James F. Price, Curtis Nagle

“…Episodes of pest resistance to popular pesticides can cause yield losses, reduction of fruit quality, added control costs, environmental degradation, and emotional stress among farmers. …”
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Visions of a greener future for the Seil of Amman. Augmented Reality as an urban design tool by Janset Shawash, Narmeen Marji

“…In a context characterized by flooding and environmental degradation of the Seil of Amman (natural heritage of the capital of Jordan), caused by climate change, rapid urbanization and unsustainable stormwater management, the paper explores the potential of new Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) technologies as a tool of public engagement with new ecologically sustainable urban regeneration projects. …”
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EXPLORING THE BENEFITS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOWARDS ENSURING A SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS IN NIGERIA by Kayode David KOLAWOLE

“…The study focused on overview of the current state of agriculture in Nigeria, the trend of agriculture practice, the key challenges such as climate change, environmental degradation, limited access to finance, as well as consider the benefits of AI to the agricultural sector. …”
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Apocalypse Now? Kate Atkinson Reads Ovid’s Metamorphoses by Barbara Weiden Boyd

“…Atkinson uses the Latin poet’s interest in change and its often strange permutations as a way of interrogating contemporary concerns about consumerism, environmental degradation, and cultural forgetfulness, against a backdrop of post-apocalyptic fantasy. …”
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Contemporary industrial policy and challenges to South America and Brazil by CARLOS AGUIAR DE MEDEIROS, ESTHER MAJEROWICZ

“…The essential question for South America and Brazil is to combine these concerns departing from a reality underpinned by deindustrialization, environmental degradation (deforestation), and social marginalization.…”
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Green Economy in Hotel Business of EU Countries by K. I. Shchetinina

“…It shows how green investment in European tourism sector can contribute to economically viable and robust growth, decent work creation and poverty alleviation, while improving resource efficiency and minimising environmental degradation. Much of the economic potential for green tourism is found in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which need better access to financing for investing in green tourism. …”
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De quelle éducation au politique l’évaluation PISA de la « compétence globale » est-elle porteuse ? by Jean-Émile Charlier, Sarah Croché

“…These prospects provide answers to the main challenges facing humanity, including those linked to “poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, prosperity, peace and justice” (id.) to all countries. …”
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Environmental analysis and ecosystemic design. Survey, critical issues and application solutions by Chiara Catalano, Andrea Balducci

“… Fragmentation, environmental degradation, and habitat loss, due to urbanization and the consequent development of infrastructure, put a great deal of pressure on biological diversity and the functioning of ecosystems. …”
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Does Black theology have a role to play in the democratic South Africa? by R. T. H. Dolamo

“…Yet two decades into our democracy, poverty, racism, gender injustice, patriarchy, xenophobia, bad governance, environmental degradation, and so on need to be prophetically addressed with equal seriousness and simultaneously, for none of these issues can be left for some time in the future. …”
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Pêches des bélugas, des anguilles et des esturgeons noirs de l’estuaire du St-Laurent by Sabrina Doyon

“…Second, the paper examines the environmental degradation process that led to management policies, which are in turn marginalizing the fishermen. …”
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From pollution to sustainable environment: unlocking the role of energy intensity and renewable energy in highly pollutant nations by Zhi Zhen Zhou, Muhammad Shahid Hassan, Muhammad Ibrahim Saeed, Haider Mahmood, Rukhsana Kalim, Amira Houaneb

“…Environmental degradation is among one of the most critical issues of recent times. …”
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Microplastics mediates the spread of antimicrobial resistance plasmids via modulating conjugal gene expression by Qiu E. Yang, Zhenyan Lin, Dehao Gan, Minchun Li, Xuedan Liu, Shungui Zhou, Timothy R. Walsh

“…Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and environmental degradation are existential global public health threats. …”
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From Commons to Capital: The Creative Destruction of Coastal Real Estate, Environments, and Communities in the US South by Andrew W. Kahrl

“…This essay uses a case study of Daufuskie Island, a barrier island on the South Carolina coast, to demonstrate the ties that bound capital accumulation, racial injustice, and environmental degradation together in the making of the modern South, and to call attention to the critical role of local governments in facilitating the most predatory and unsustainable features of real estate capitalism. …”
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SOCIAL INNOVATION: CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by Yohani Dominik dos Figueiredo, Márcia Aparecida Prim, Gertrudes Aparecida Dandolini

“…Special attention should be paid to the Sustainable Development Goals, which go hand in hand with social innovation actions as a way to reverse the situation of environmental degradation and social indigence. …”
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Yorùbá Philosophy and Contemporary Nigerian Realities by Adeshina Afolayan

“…Premised on the fundamental assumption that Yorùbá philosophy constitutes a fundamental site of scholarship within which the task of understanding and reinventing the Nigerian state and societies can be achieved, the Introduction weaves this assumption into the analysis of the fourteen essays that explores Nigeria’s postcolonial realities ranging from overpopulation, public (im)morality, ethnic conflict, injustice, and democratic deficit to environmental degradation, disability, depersonalization, youth culture, and a glaring disconnection between educational theory and practice. …”
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Experimental Study on Steel to FRP Bonded Lap Joints in Marine Applications by Çiçek Özes, Nurhan Neşer

“…Steel structures coated with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have gained wide acceptance in marine industry due to their high strength-to-weight ratio, good protection from environmental degradation, and impact loads. In this study, adhesive bonding performance of single-lap bonded joints composed of steel coated with FRP has been investigated experimentally for three different surface roughness and two epoxy types. …”
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